What duels were fought before Utena showed up?

The world didn't come into existence as soon as Utena got involved with the plot (actually, maybe it did. Metaphysical mumbo jumbo and all). Saionji must have won Anthy off someone, all the duelists are familar with the process already...so...what went down? Who fought who? How was Anthy even introduced to the duelists in the first place? I think we get one reference to suggest Juri thought the whole thing was nonsense and didn't fight anyone. Likewise, I don't really feel like Miki's fought before as his first episode is about finding the motivation to fight. Was she just being passed between Touga and Saionji repetedly? Were there maybe other students involved as it took place in a previous school year? Ruka maybe? I don't know. Would like to hear theories, possible references or straight up fan fiction if anyone has any interesting ideas.

Re: What duels were fought before Utena showed up?

Jotari wrote:

Were there maybe other students involved as it took place in a previous school year?

We've talked about this a bit before - some stuff from late in the show implies that Akio's tried this plan quite a lot and plans on doing so again. There's also the Nemuro episode to consider, although that was a duel fought with fire instead of swords.

As for the current duelists, though, I'm not really sure. I think that maybe Miki and Juri have tried it before at least once, maybe when they were all being introduced to it. But I think the idea that Touga and Saionji do most of the duels is probably right.

Re: What duels were fought before Utena showed up?

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